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-\v 17 We must live the life the Lord has assigned us to live, and to obey the call God gave us. This is the principle in all the churches.
+\v 17 We must live the life the Lord has assigned us to live and obey the call God gave us. This is the principle in all the churches.
 \v 18 If you were circumcised before you became a Christian, you should not try to remove the marks of that circumcision. If you were not circumcised when God saved you, you should not let anyone circumcise you.
 \v 19 Circumcision or uncircumcision—these are not important to us. But what is important is that we obey what God commands us to do.
 
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-\v 25 Regarding the question about those who have never married, I will give my views, but I have no specific commandment from the Lord on this question. But you can have confidence in my reply because God has been kind to me and enabled me to be someone whom people can trust.
+\v 25 Regarding the question about those who have never married, I will give my views, but I have no specific commandment from the Lord on this question. But you can have confidence in my reply, because God has been kind to me and enabled me to be someone whom people can trust.
 \v 26 Therefore, because of the difficult times that seem to be coming upon us all, I think it is good for you to remain as you were when God called you.
 
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-\v 29 This is what I mean about the time in which we are living, brothers and sisters: We have a short amount of time left. From now on those who are married will have to live as though they were not married, because of all the trouble that is coming.
+\v 29 This is what I mean about the time in which we are living, brothers and sisters: We have a short amount of time left. From now on those who are married will have to live as though they were not married because of all the trouble that is coming.
 \v 30 Those who are filled with grief should not cry. Those who are rejoicing over some wonderful event should have no joy on their faces. Those who have spent money to buy something should take no delight in it; they should live as if they owned nothing.
 \v 31 And those who deal with the things of the world should not involve themselves completely with them. For this world system is about to crumble into nothing.
 
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-\v 36 If a man has promised to marry a woman, but if he finds he is not treating her with respect because she is becoming too old to marry, he should get married. This is not a sin.
+\v 36 If a man has promised to marry a woman but finds he is not treating her with respect because she is becoming too old to marry, he should get married. This is not a sin.
 \v 37 But if he has decided that he does not desire to marry at the present time, and if he is in control of the situation, he makes a good decision not to marry.
-\v 38 So the one who marries his fiancée does a good thing and does not sin; and the one who chooses not to marry also chooses something even better.
+\v 38 So the one who marries his fiancée does a good thing and does not sin, and the one who chooses not to marry also chooses something even better.
 
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-\v 1 Now, about the question you asked regarding eating food that was offered to idols: We know that people say, "We all have knowledge." But if you think you know a lot, you can become very proud of yourself. But when you love others, you help them grow strong in their faith.
+\v 1 Now, about the question you asked regarding eating food that was offered to idols: We know that people say, "We all have knowledge." But if you think you know much, you can become very proud of yourself. But when you love others, you help them grow strong in their faith.
 \v 2 The truth is that if someone assumes he knows something, he has not yet learned the humbleness he needs to know.
 \v 3 When you love God, God knows you.
 
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-\v 4 Now about eating food sacrificed to idols: Let us begin with this principle: Just as some say, "Idols in this world do not actually exist," and, as Moses taught, "There is only one God." So idols are not real gods; they are not living gods at all.
+\v 4 Now, about eating food sacrificed to idols, let us begin with this principle: Just as some say, "Idols in this world do not actually exist," and, as Moses taught, "There is only one God," so idols are not real gods; they are not living gods at all.
 \v 5 But I know that some people say that many gods and lords exist in the heavens or on the earth—after all, there are many supernatural beings who have real power.
 \v 6 Yet even so, we say,
 \q "There is one God, the Father,
-\q1 from him come all things, and for him we live.
+\q1 from him comes all things, and for him we live.
 \q And there is only one Lord, Jesus Christ;
 \q1 he made everything there is, and he is the one who gives us life."
 
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-\v 7 But not everyone knows this. Some worshiped an idol in earlier times, and, now, if they eat food sacrificed to an idol, they worry that they are still worshiping a god. They are torn between two opinions, and they are weak in their faith in Christ, so they feel they are honoring an idol when they eat food that has been offered to it.
+\v 7 But not everyone knows this. Some worshiped an idol in earlier times, and now if they eat food sacrificed to an idol, they worry that they are still worshiping a god. They are torn between two opinions, and they are weak in their faith in Christ, so they feel they are honoring an idol when they eat food that has been offered to it.
 
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 \v 8 We know that the food we eat does not make us better or worse before God.
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 \v 11 As a result, if your weaker brother or sister sees you eat meat offered to idols because you have freedom in your mind to eat that food but they did not have the same freedom—you by acting as a free person could destroy your fellow believer for whom Christ died.
 \v 12 So, you sin against your weaker brothers and sisters when you encourage them to do something that their sense of right and wrong tells them not to do. This is sinning against Christ.
-\v 13 Therefore, if my brother or sister are unable to serve God well because they have seen me eat something, I will never eat meat again! I do not want to do anything that causes them to fall.
+\v 13 Therefore, if my brother or sister is unable to serve God well because he or she has seen me eat something, I will never eat meat again! I do not want to do anything that causes my brother or sister to fall.
 
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 \v 3 This is how I answer those who say that I am not a true apostle: 
-\v 4 "Don't we have the right receive financial support from those we serve?
-\v 5 Don't we have the right to travel with a believing wife, like the other apostles do—like the Lord's brother and Cephas."
+\v 4 "Don't we have the right to receive financial support from those we serve?
+\v 5 Don't we have the right to travel with a believing wife, like the other apostles do—like the Lord's brother and Cephas?"
 \v 6 No one made a rule that only Barnabas and I must take on work in order to support ourselves.
 
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-\v 7 No soldiers serves in the army at his own expense. No one plants a vineyard without being able to eat the grapes or drink the wine. No one shepherds a flock and without drinking some of the milk that comes from the animals.
+\v 7 No soldier serves in the army at his own expense. No one plants a vineyard without being able to eat the grapes or drink the wine. No one shepherds a flock without drinking some of the milk that comes from the animals.
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-\v 8 This is common sense; and this is also what the law of Moses says.
+\v 8 This is common sense, and this is also what the law of Moses says.
 
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 \v 9 For the law of Moses says, "When an ox is treading out the grain, do not stop it from eating some of it." There is more that God is concerned about in this law.
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-\v 15 But I have not demanded any of these things for myself. And that is not why I am writing this to you now. I boast that I never demand these things from you, and I would have to stop boasting of you were to pay me, so I would rather die than have you pay me.
+\v 15 But I have not demanded any of these things for myself. And that is not why I am writing this to you now. I boast that I never demand these things from you, and I would have to stop boasting if you were to pay me, so I would rather die than have you pay me.
 \v 16 If I proclaim the good news, I am not doing anything for which I should boast. I feel obliged to preach the good news. I would grieve with many tears if I could not do what God called me to do.
 
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 \v 19 I am not obligated to anyone, but I am a servant to everyone, so that I might persuade more and more people to trust in Christ.
-\v 20 When we worked with Jewish people, I became like a Jew, so that I may win them to Christ. To those who lived under the law I lived as they lived, in order that those we lived under the law may trust in Christ as I trust in him. I lived as they lived, even though I did not live my life by the law's demands.
+\v 20 When we worked with Jewish people, I became like a Jew, so that I might win them to Christ. To those who lived under the law I lived as they lived, so that those who lived under the law may trust in Christ as I trust in him. I lived as they lived, even though I did not live my life by the law's demands.
 
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-\v 21 When I with those who are not ruled by the law of Moses, I became like them (though I myself was not outside God's law, and I was obedient to the law of Christ), so that I could persuade those who lived apart from the law to trust in Christ.
-\v 22 To those who were weak about rules and laws, I lived as they did, so I persuaded them to trust in Christ. I have lived under rules and with many life-styles and with all kinds of people so that in any way God chose to work, God will rescue some of them.
+\v 21 When I was with those who were not ruled by the law of Moses, I became like them (though I myself was not outside God's law, and I was obedient to the law of Christ), so that I could persuade those who lived apart from the law to trust in Christ.
+\v 22 To those who were weak about rules and laws, I lived as they did, so I persuaded them to trust in Christ. I have lived under rules and with many lifestyles and with all kinds of people so that in any way God chose to work, God will rescue some of them.
 \v 23 I do all this so I may proclaim the good news about Christ, so that I will also experience the good things the good news brings to us.
 
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